THE Integrity Commission (IC) has asked its director of investigations to probe allegations of a conflict of interest, irregularity and/or impropriety in relation to the construction of buildings by Ian Hayles, former Member of Parliament, without approval from the Hanover Parish Council.

The report was submitted to Parliament for tabling by the then contractor general, under cover of a letter that was dated February 13, 2017. However the Supreme Court, on March 20, 2017, acting on an application for leave to apply for judicial review that was filed by Hayles and Charlotte Alexander Hayles, had barred publication of the report.

On December 20, 2022 the Supreme Court dismissed the application for leave to apply for judicial review and cleared the way for the tabling of the report in Parliament. The report was tabled on Tuesday, January 24, 2023, pursuant to a letter dated January 17, 2023 from the Integrity Commission (into which the former commission of the contractor general was subsumed, effective February 2018).

Under Section 47 (1) of the Integrity Commission Act,”the director of investigation shall, upon receipt of a matter pursuant to Section 46, examine the matter in order to determine whether or not an investigation in relation to the matter is warranted”.

The matter has also been referred to the commissioner of police for further investigation, pursuant to Sections 3, 5 and 9 of the Forgery Act 1942.